Dickens’ Works
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Volumes in very good condition, plates and text clean and crisp, a handsome set.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Co., c. 1888. Volumes in very good condition, plates and text clean and crisp, a handsome set. . Binding: Contemporary decorative half-morocco, marbled boards, marbled pasted and free end papers. Spine in six compartments of raised bands. Gilt titles and gilt paneling on spine. Front and bottom edges uncut, top edge gilt. , Notes: 13 volumes of a 15 volume set. Illustrated Sterling Edition, Edition De Luxe. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the most famous writers in the English language. This handsome set of his works includes his most famous titles. All told, the set includes Great Expectations bound with Edwin Drood, Dombey and Son, A Child’s History of England bound with American Notes, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, Bleak House, Christmas Books, Martin Chuzzlewit, Our Mutual Friend, Barnaby Rudge bound with Hard Times, Old Curiosity Shop bund with Reprinted Pieces, Oliver Twist bound with Sketches by Boz, and David Copperfield. , Size: 8vo (211x138mm), Illustration: Each volume illustrated with frontispiece and occasional plates. , Category: Book Literature; Book Bindings, Sets;
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B4507
- Title
- Dickens’ Works
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Volumes in very good condition, plates and text clean and crisp, a handsome set.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- c. 1888
- Keywords
- Book Literature; Book Bindings, Sets;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....